Idioglossa bigemma

Idioglossa bigemma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Batrachedridae
Subfamily: Batrachedrinae
Genus: Idioglossa
Species: I. bigemma
Binomial name
Idioglossa bigemma
Walsingham, 1881

Idioglossa bigemma is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is known from Mauritius and South Africa.[1]

The head and face of this species are shining silvery, palpi and antennae silvery. The forwings are ochreous, shining with silvery and brassy metallic scales. It has an expansure of 10mm.[2]

References

  1. afromoths
  2. Walsingham, Thomas de Grey 1881. On the Tortricidae, Tineidae and Pterophoridae of South Africa. - Transactions of the entomological Society of London 1881(2):273–274, pls. 13, ill.42